For the first 27 years of my life I lived within a 200 mile radius in the state I was born.
I grew pretty accustomed to the way of life there, including the difficult climate. I didn’t realize how difficult the weather made life until I recently relocated and got a taste of a new climate; now I can’t suppose how I used to survive under the previous conditions. The most abrupt aspect is how much money it used to cost me to keep my property in livable condition, because it was necessary to operate my Heating and Air Conditioning system 24/7, you see, the variable climate managed to hit all of the most dire notes for each season, during the Summer time it was unbearably boiling and humid, and there was no choice but to run a/c for half of the year, and between the months of May and September there was no escaping the moist air and pounding sun, and the only way to keep your property comfortable was with powerful a/cs; Most people had central cooling units, which suck up a ton of energy to operate. There was little ventilation otherwise, so it was quite impossible not to run the AC for weeks and months on end. The winter season was even less forgiving, with chilly temperatures and even colder wind chills. It was necessary to employ traditional heaters for the other half of the year, just to keep your pipes from chilly and ruining your house, overall, the energy supplier was making a killing on all the heating and cooling implements necessary for life in the midwest.